Increased fetal renal echogenicity

Last revised by Henry Knipe on 24 Feb 2024

Citation, DOI, disclosures and article data

Citation:

Weerakkody Y, Knipe H, Increased fetal renal echogenicity. Reference article, Radiopaedia.org (Accessed on 28 Apr 2024) https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-184058

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.53347/rID-184058

Permalink:

https://radiopaedia.org/articles/184058

rID:

184058

Article created:

13 Feb 2024, Yuranga Weerakkody ◉

Disclosures:

At the time the article was created Yuranga Weerakkody had no financial relationships to ineligible companies to disclose.

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Last revised:

24 Feb 2024, Henry Knipe ◉ ◈

Disclosures:

At the time the article was last revised Henry Knipe had the following disclosures:

Integral Diagnostics, Shareholder (ongoing)
Micro-X Ltd, Shareholder (ongoing)

These were assessed during peer review and were determined to not be relevant to the changes that were made.

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Revisions:

2 times, by 2 contributors - see full revision history and disclosures

Systems:

Obstetrics, Urogenital

Synonyms:

Echogenic fetal kidneys
Fetal renal hyperechogenicity

Increased fetal renal echogenicity is a non-specific sonographic finding with no underlying cause seen in many cases, although it is a potential indicator of underlying disease due to the association with numerous pathologies (especially if accompanied by enlargement) ¹: